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Today is Administrative Professionals Day
Wed, April 22, 2009 - 8:03 PM
OR you just ended up somehow doing the things that people call ADMIN (used to be Secretarial)
maybe you just got stuck doing them because you did it once, or you are the most competent person to do them and to let anyone else take it over meant you'd probably get stuck re-doing their crappy attempt at the chore,
then....
I FEEL YA!
It's not my job (now), yet in the fallout from the economy and recent layoffs at my company,
and probably something to do with me having been one for so long and being a perfectionist (and having to re-do/fix half-ass attempts at a seemingly simple and/or mundane task), i have been asked or taken it upon myself to do random things around the office. So long have I been this type of person, that people come to me, lowly (paid) me, with questions and problems from the office.
oh sure...let me put aside my monstrous pile of work and stay late to take care of that...
well, no...I don't know, but I can find out how to....
no, i don't mind working late because you didn't do this and i can take care of it.
Ok, if you've ever been on the other side of that conversation, I want you to figure out how to make it up to your Admin.
No cheezy e-card.
No stupid flowers. (yer not my man.)
put some freakin thought into a genuine acknowledgement that shows how lost you would be without them and how F-d you'd have been if you didn't have your go-to girl/guy.
if you've ever been an ADMIN...
<sigh>
you know....
they just don't get it.
but YOU Know!
You're a STAR!!!!
treat yourself to something nice
:)
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Thu, April 23, 2009 - 3:33 PM
I am an Administrative Manager..................for therapists..............I work with interns and therapists...........you name it - MFT's, LCSW's, PhD's, PsyD's, MD's.............it is the most challenging and the most rewarding job I have ever had. It's a crazy place to work and I fit right in. Of course, my boss has no idea about today..........I'm not surprised. I'm not going to let her know otherwise. It won't make any difference. She doesn't know it yet, but she is giving me some major time off in June when my grand-baby is born. Boo Yah!
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Thu, April 23, 2009 - 7:01 PM
way to work it Heather!!!
the thing about this position is that you need to accommodate people's needs, and i'd venture to say that most executives are clueless or confuse their wants with their needs. alot of times, it ends up being about how to please people, some of them nearly unpleasable. If you're fortunate enough to have the latitude to be flexible, then it is less stressful. otherwise it can be hell.
i've worked in hell. my mantra then: “We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything, with nothing.” |
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Sat, April 25, 2009 - 3:56 PM
Thank you. You are a gift.......and because I didn't get anything else on this day, I take it gratefully.
(((((((Alva)))))))) |